08 Mar Ceres’ Hooch FAB goes Lite
Hooch Fox, in the Ceres Beverage stable, has just launched new Hooch LITE, claimed as the first light alcoholic fruit beverage range in three delicious fruit flavours.
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07 Mar US: Science again dismisses caramel colouring scare
American advocacy group, Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), is well-known/infamous for alerting the public/overblowing fears about many of the foods we eat. This week it has been creating headlines again, repeating its soda scare - on the chemical in...
01 Mar Cherry juices acquiring ‘superfruit’ status
Cherries have long been appreciated for their taste, but growing evidence about their health benefits is now putting them squarely in the frame for 'superfruit' status and they are increasingly being used in juices and juice drink blends, reports Innova Market Insights.
...17 Feb The beverage wars move to coconuts
Soda sales are flat and the beverage industry is looking for its next big thing. Increasingly, it is turning to the coconut. Touted as a natural sports drink that helps tired bodies rehydrate, coconut water is hitting a growing number of US store shelves, whether...
14 Feb The mystery monk making billions with 5-Hour Energy shots
5-Hour Energy, the 60ml caffeine and vitamin elixir that purports to keep you alert without crashing. In eight years 5-Hour has gone from nowhere to $1-billion in retail sales. Truckers swear by it. So do the traders in Oliver Stone’s 2010 sequel to Wall Street....
03 Feb Three new billion-dollar brands for PepsiCo
PepsiCo has announced that Diet Mountain Dew, Brisk and Starbucks ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages have each grown to more than $1-billion in annual retail sales, expanding PepsiCo's portfolio of billion-dollar brands to 22. PepsiCo offers the world's largest portfolio of billion-dollar food and beverage brands.
...02 Feb Societal control of sugar essential to ease public health burden, experts urge
Sugar should be controlled like alcohol and tobacco to protect public health, according to a team of California researchers, who maintain in a new report that sugar is fueling a global obesity pandemic, contributing to 35 million deaths annually worldwide from non-communicable diseases like diabetes,...
24 Jan So long soy! Almond milk now fastest-growing alternative dairy beverage
Led by rising sales of almond milk, the US market for dairy alternative beverages reached $1.33 billion in 2011, according to a new report from Packaged Facts. The report states that as consumers seek out healthier substitutes for dairy drinks, many are increasingly turning toward...
16 Jan ‘Naturality’ will be the top trend in 2012, says New Nutrition Business
‘Naturality’ is set to be the leading driver of innovation in the food and beverage market in 2012, according to the latest edition of New Nutrition Business’s eagerly anticipated annual trend-spotting report. 10 Key Trends in Food, Nutrition & Health 2012 says naturality has become...
05 Jan The global milk boom
A thirst for milk, bred largely by the expanding middle classes in the developing world, has sent demand rocketing and prices soaring, according to a report in The New York Times. Along with zippy cars and flat-panel TVs, milk is the mark of new money,...
05 Jan UK: Little cheer for beer as sales fall £2.2 billion
There is little cheer in the UK beer market, with latest research from Mintel revealing that beer has seen a huge fall from grace in the past six years. Hindered by the decline of pub drinking and a lack of broader consumer...
05 Jan Coca-Cola to develop 100% renewable PlantBottles on global scale
The Coca-Cola Co has announced multi-million dollar partnership agreements with three leading biotechnology companies to accelerate development of the first commercial solutions for next-generation PlantBottle packaging made 100 percent from plant-based materials.
...18 Nov Woolies-PolyPET ‘green’ juice bottle a winner
PET bottle manufacturer, Polypet, has been awarded "Best Recycled Product of the Year" for the 1,5-litre bottle it produces for Woolworths' fruit juices. The award was sponsored by PACSA (Packaging Council of South Africa) in the Best Recycled Product competition hosted by the South African...
17 Nov First the plastic cork, and now the paper wine bottle
The UK will soon see the launch of the world's first paper wine bottle. It may have oenophiles spluttering into their claret, but the company behind the product is already in talks with a leading supermarket chain and insists it will be on the shelves...
17 Nov Energy drinks: pause before you imbibe, advises ADSA
South Africa's official dietetics association has urged people to approach energy drinks with caution - warning the public that they can pose serious health risks, including raised blood pressure, cardiovascular problems, sleep disturbances and dangers to pregnancy.
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